See Also: ossification(dictionary)
Ossification(medicine)
co-ossification(medicine)
point of ossification(medicine)
ossification, heterotopic(medicine)
membranous ossification(medicine)
centre of ossification(medicine)
Intramembranous ossification(medicine)
elbow ossification centres(medicine)
pellegrini-steatum ossification(medicine)

ossification (iou)



ossification noun. L17.
[French, formed as OSSIFY: see -FICATION.]
The formation of bone; the process of becoming or changing into bone or bony tissue; the condition of being ossified. L17.
centre of ossification the place where cartilage or connective tissue begins to ossify.
A bony formation or concretion. E18.
fig. The process of becoming hardened, callous, or fixed in attitude etc. L19.
M. Flanagan Ossification had set in and..spiritual death was only a matter of time.